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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Organization and insignia of the American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1923	Robert J. Dalessandro	This book is the most comprehensive and detailed treatment of the origins, designs, and symbolism for each organizational shoulder sleeve insignia of the American Army in World War I ever published. …	OL12512259W
Sniping in France, 1914-18	Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard	Major Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard was an explorer and adventurer who revolutionized the training of British Army snipers during the First World War. In this richly-detailed book, he explains his …	OL1471563W
The World War I soldier at Château Thierry	William R. Sanford	Recreates the experiences of one World War I soldier as he fights in the battle of Château Thierry.	OL15129739W
The Great War	Les Carlyon	Gives and extrarodinary account of the Anzacs on the Western Front, from 1916 to 1918. It combines a brilliant overview of this immense conflict with telling detail, stories, letters and diaries that…	OL18794071W
The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918	Byron Farwell	Farwelrs Eminent Victorian Soldiers (1985)--about eight British generals who were active during Victoria's reign--had the good fortune to focus on eccentric individuals. His new military history focu…	OL1945973W
Hundred days	Nick Lloyd	"In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued-- known as the Hundred Days Campaign-- saw so…	OL19704227W
Gallipoli	Peter FitzSimons	"Of course, the story of Gallipoli has been told before, but in this book Peter Fitzsimons, with the vibrancy and expert melding of writing and research that have become his trademarks, not only recr…	OL20297652W
Young Lawrence	Anthony Sattin	A biography of Lawrence of Arabia in the years that formed him.	OL20891599W
Passchendaele 1917	Chris McNab,Air Sea Land Photos	The Battle of Passchendaele is perhaps one of the most iconic of the First World War, coming to symbolise the mud and blood of the battlefield like no other. Fought for over 3 months under some of th…	OL20976944W
Missing of the Somme	Wade Davis,Geoff Dyer	'Head bowed, rifle on his back, a soldier is silhouetted against the going down of the sun, looking at the grave of a dead comrade, remembering him. A photograph from the war, is also a photograph of…	OL21128959W
Lest we forget	Joshua Levine,Max Arthur,Hugh Mcmanners	This skillfully compiled anthology draws on the successful 'Forgotten Voices' series. 'Lest We Forget' brings together first-hand recollections from the Great War to the Second World War to illustrat…	OL24195440W
The soldier's war	Richard Van Emden	The Great War ended ninety years ago and haunts us still, yet much of the detail of that tragic conflict remains unknown. Following the experiences of British Tommies through devastating battles and …	OL24299369W
The Royal Flying Corps in France	Ralph Barker	xi, 237 p., [16] p. of plates : 25 cm	OL3072866W
Some desperate glory	Edwin Campion Vaughan	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Desperate_Glory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Campion_Vaughan	OL4644151W
Lawrence of Arabia	Alistair MacLean	Colorful characters, a larger-than-life hero, stirring battles, death-defying desert treks, and an adventure rich in mystery and romance, are all depicted by a great writer. That and more is what rea…	OL5034414W
The myth of the Great War	John Mosier	"Based on a decade of research into previously unused French and German sources, The Myth of the Great War shows what actually happened at the front as the participants perceived it at the time, as o…	OL5755135W
1915 - The Death of Innocence	Lyn MC Donald	By the end of 1914, the battered British forces were bogged down, yet hopeful that promised reinforcements and spring weather would soon lead to a victorious breakthrough. A year later, after appalli…	OL7975866W